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Just take out Benoit/Eddy since that hapen in 2002 and replace it with Brock/Angle. This has been one boring year in wrestling. I can hardly remember what happen most of this past year. Either the shows have been that bland or my alcohol abuse is finally kicking in.

I saw this on another site which I think they lifted from the Torch. More information has been received regarding WWE's decision not to renew Goldust's contract. The major reason the decision was made is because management felt that he was too injury prone. Also, the creative team couldn't come up with anything for his character, which didn't help matters at all. Although most assumed that WWE would let him go once his contract expired in January, most found it odd that WWE decided to make a public announcement so far in advance.

Oh well. At least we still have Raw so we can see all the great moments like Triple H-Goldberg-Orton-ref-bell-Kane-3 count-JR-Bischoff screw ups.

Maybe he was stoned?

MVP of the year : Brock Lesnar Match of the year : Angle vs. Benoit, Royal Rumble Raw wrestler of the year : Chris Jericho Smackdown wrestler of the year : Eddie Guerrero Rookie of the year : Tie: Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas Tag team of the year : TWGTT Feud of the year : Brock/Angle This feud has pretty much been going all year. PPV of the year : Wrestlemania XIX Storyline of the year : Rock turns heel Announcer of the year : Tazz

I went to the show last night and had a lot of fun. Little hung over today, so I'm not doing a full blown, song by song review. Anyway, the opening band, The Porch Ghouls are pretty decent. Dunno if their going anywhere in the big time, but their a good band. They kind of reminded me of a mix between The Doors, ZZ Top and Black Crowes. This was my third time seeing Kiss and it's always a fun show. "Rock and Roll All Nite" is always fun live and their other songs like "I love it loud" and "Shout it out loud" are fun. I was glad to hear them, because I saw KISS twice on the reunion tour and they left them out. "God of Thunder" I've never been a big fan of, but it really does come to life live and I always get caught up into it. Gene does justice on that song. "Beth" I've never really liked and I still don't. Sorry. Okay, I was there mostly for Aerosmith so hear it goes. They were on fire all night and feeling the groove. "Love in an elevator" kills live. This song was meant to be played live as the album version never does it justice. "Toys In The Attic" was great. You really feel this song from the get go when you hear Joe's opening riffs. I do have to admit I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to hear "Train Kept' a Rollin" or "Same old song and dance" but they made room, like every night it seems, for "Pink" and "Jaded." Now, I don't hate those two songs. I think their fun songs and come off much better live, but they obviously don't carry the excitment, groove and energy of the other two. They also kept "What It Takes" and "Cryin" in the sets and I didn't mind. Those are my two favorite "love ballads" by Aerosmith and they really do rock live and don't bring the concert down for me. Some Kiss fans might argue that though because some around were getting pretty bored with "WIT" since it followed "Pink." .. "Cryin" really keeps the energy of the show up since it comes off more as a rocker then slow ballad. Especially at the end where the song picks up and Joe rips the lead. There isn't much more I can say about "Sweet Emotion," "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" that hasn't been said 5 million times already by people. Except that those three songs never get old and are a must have on the set list and if Aerosmith ever took them out people would go home feeling robbed. No matter how many times I hear "Dream On" live it always makes me a little light headed. Very powerful feeling I get from this song. Now onto the fuckin' BLUES! They only played two songs and I don't think a lot of people were that into "Baby Please Don't Go," but I liked it and Tyler gets his voice nice and rough for this song. Joe Perry's "Stop Messin" had a better response with the crowd and that's probably because people are use to it since they been covering it for years. Joe and Brad rip it on guitar and sharing the leads. Joey, Tom and Russ get the groove just right in that song and Tyler plays the shit out of the harp. Good times! Well, I had a fun last night and this was the first concert I attended in a while. However, I really don't have anything against Kiss, but I hope Aerosmith come back around on their own. I felt a little empty at the end of the night and that's probabaly because I'm use to Aerosmith being on stage for two hours or more. I'm sure Kiss fans probably feel the same. 90 minutes for these bands just aren't enough.

If he starts busting out **** matches most will forgive and admit it. Remember when 90% of the board hated Edge and use to say Christian was better? Edge ended up getting on peoples good side. Except AngleSault, of course.

Best wishes, CWM. Get well soon. Unless you did something and you're being forced to take rehab. In that case, do your time and then step out and have some fun. BTW, I did 2 months in jail and I had no internet! How the hell does prison get the 'net and not jail?

Voodoo was a #1 album in 93/94, right? I have no idea how to explain the Stones except for "their the Stones." Their album don't sell like they did in the first 25-30 years of their career, but their still great live. It's true when bands say "the talanted bands will keep their following through playing live."

Imagine if Vince listened to Smarks in 84? Hogan would have never got the title.

I have to say I had a pretty damn good Thanksgiving. Got along with family. Food was great. Best of all, though. My uncle told me how he's getting a new 60 inch flat TV and asked me if I wanted, for FREE, his old 55 inch TV. It's a few years old and it's not flat screen, but it's free damnit and better then my 25 inch!

Only thing I'm hating on is the term "wigger."

Shut up

What's all this stuff about Yokosuna being heatless? Yeah, because Brock is that bad. Get over it!

Here's another little interview

I also missed the show so I found this quick report. The Stone Cold Truth Report by Doug Brown (Note: I missed the first 15 minutes of the special due to VCR difficulties.) Joined in progress Steve Austin and his ex-wife Jeannie are telling the story of how he got the Stone Cold nickname. Austin says that he watched a documentary on TV called the Iceman, which was about serial killer Richard Kuklinski, and that he wanted to take on the personality trait the guy exhibited of not caring about anyone. He pitched the idea to creative team about being a character that was cold blooded. They came back with all these really bad nicknames (Fang McFrost, Ivan the Terrible, Ice Dagger etc.) Jeannie was making tea for them one night, and she told him to drink it before it becomes stone cold. They both looked at each other and she said, "That's it. Your name will be Stone Cold Steve Austin." They show clips of Austin raising hell in the ring. Austin does a voiceover that states although they refer to it as sports entertainment, in the ring everything he does is 100% real. Vince McMahon says that no one in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment has wanted to succeed as much as Austin. (Commercial Break) Next, they start discussing Austin singing. Austin says that growing up KISS was his favorite band. One day he was singing one of their songs with headphones on, and his brother Kevin comes along and slaps the headphones off his head and tells him he sucks. Austin listens at himself sing without the headphones on and agrees. Austin's brother Kevin Williams says Steve can't sing worth a lick. (That's Texan for he's not very good.) Vince says Steve does a lot of things well except for singing. Austin's sister Jenny, brother Jeff, mom Beverly, and father Ken all agree. They then show clips from back during the WCW Invasion angle when Austin was singing "I am the Champion," to Vince in the locker room and the Williams family is laughing the entire time. They then show more clips of Stone Cold singing on TV. The program then shifts towards his three ex-wives, Kathy (who is shown but not mentioned by name), Jeannie, and Debra. Each one is mentioned only briefly. Austin then discusses recently calling up his daughters and found it odd that they were now speaking with British accents. (Their mother Jeannie is from England and they are currently living with her over there.) Austin's oldest daughter Stephanie, who's 11 years old, says they mostly communicate by telephone or e-mail. She says that she watches him on Raw Saturday and Sunday nights. However, Stone Cold mentions that if he ever sees one of his girls flip somebody off they are going to have a conversation. Because if his parents would have seen that him do that when he was a kid, "They would've whipped my ass." Austin says he was there for Stephanie's birth, but was working a show when Jeannie went into labor with their second daughter Cassidy. Austin got a call that her water broke, and headed back to Georgia to be with her. 20 minutes after he arrived, Cassidy was born. Jeannie said that Steve told her it was like the baby was waiting for him to show up so she could be born. Cassidy, who's now 8, says she wants to be a wrestler. Austin says that Stephanie is turning into quite a little athlete and that she is currently running cross country. Stephanie claims that her sister looks more Austin, but that she has more of his attitude. Austin says he wishes they lived closer to Texas, but the fact that Jeannie is a great mom makes it a little easier to swallow. He closes the segment by saying that everything he has goes to his girls. (Commercial break) Steve Austin vs. Owen Hart from Summerslam 1997. Austin says after taking the tombstone piledriver he couldn't feel anything. He whispered to referee Earl Hebner to tell Owen not to touch him because he can't move. While Earl is checking on him, Owen starts messing with the crowd to buy time. When Austin starts moving around they jump ahead to the finish, which was five minutes sooner than they had originally planned. Austin called it the worst looking cradle ever. Jeannie said she received a call from the hospital that Steve was in bad shape. Austin's brother Kevin says that he called her to ask if she heard anything and she was crying. She called him back at 3am the next day and said that he was hurt badly. Austin's mother Beverly said they didn't know if he'd ever be Steve again. Austin said he still feels the effects of that piledriver to this day. Jeannie says that he would watch the tape of that incident over and over again. Austin said the reason he watches it is that it makes him feel lucky he's no longer in a wheelchair. He wishes Owen would've at least called him to check on him, and apologize, because if the roles were reversed he that's what he would have done. Stone Cold says that Owen was great ribber, and they remained friends, but he no longer found him as funny after that. They then show J.R. from that infamous night in Kansas City making the announcement that Owen had died. Austin said that guys were asked to wrestle the next night and/or give their comments about Owen. He didn't really want to do either, so he came up with the idea of going out and giving him a toast. (Commercial break) A portion of this next segment aired a couple of weeks ago on WWE Confidential. Austin describes the process of shaving his head. He shows a big scar on the back of his head that is courtesy of a Vince McMahon chairshot. Mick Foley says a lot of people tried to copy the look. Austin says he originally had a really short haircut, but then just decided to shave it all off. His daughter Stephanie and sister Jenny both liked the shaved look better. The segment closes with clips of Austin drinking beers in the ring. (Commercial break) The next segment is Austin at the Survivor Series in Dallas. Austin is shown hanging out backstage talking at various times to Gerald Brisco, the Dudleys, VInce McMahon, Hardcore Holly, the Undertaker, Mark Jindrak, Chuck Palumbo, Shaniqua, and Shelton Benjamin. They show Matt Morgan coming up and introducing himself to Austin. Austin says that it is alright for the younger guys to come and ask him for advice. He states that he wants to see them get over, and help the business get hot again. Footage is shown of him backstage preparing for the match, followed by clips of the in-ring farewell. Somebody asked what he's going to do now, and he says he doesn't know. (probably the only kayfabed thing on the show) Mick Foley says that Austin gave folks a chance to live vicariously through his anger, which was a positive anger. Austin's mother Beverly says that it's still her boy with that attitude. The Rock says that Stone Cold revolutionized the business, and that he is proud to Austin his friend. Kurt Angle claims that Austin is one in a billion. Austin's daughter Stephanie says that she is happy that he's happy at his job, and is doing what he really enjoys. Austin says his daughters are the biggest positive in his life, and that he is looking forward to more good times. The special ends with him driving around in his truck. Credit: 1wrestling

Fred Durst took a blow to the head while performing at a Back 2 Basics tour stop Friday, resulting in a trip to the hospital and seven stitches to his face. Near the end of Limp Bizkit's set at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, the scrappy frontman climbed up to the first-level mezzanine while performing "Eat You Alive," the first single from the band's latest album, Results May Vary. While he was up there, an unidentified object was thrown from the crowd, hitting Durst in the face, according to an Interscope Records spokesperson. Bleeding profusely, Durst still had the wherewithal to finish the remaining two songs to cap Limp Bizkit's set. After the show, Durst was taken to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in midtown Manhattan, where he received treatment and was later released. The incident occurred nine shows into Bizkit's co-headlining trek with Korn, which began November 10 in Las Vegas and continues through Friday in Toronto. This report is provided by MTV News

What the hell does "you can't have your cake and eat it too" mean?

Maximum Human Performance sports nutrition supplements (www.maxperformance.com) presented this week's episode of Get in the Ring which featured Kurt Angle. MHP products are available at GNC. Kurt starts off thanking the fans for their support and wants to let them know that he will be back soon. Phantom says how being in the hospital sucks and Kurt agrees, saying he was so eager to leave that he told the doctor he wanted to leave 4-5 hours after the surgery, which he did. Angle swears by Dr. Jho and estimates he will be back in the ring in about 6 weeks. This recent neck injury was caused by a Brock Lesnar chair shot from 3 weeks ago. One of Angle's discs exploded and part of it went into his spinal cord. Angle says that for what he does for a living, fusion is last thing he wants to have, as he needs to keep his flexibility. Sir A says Angle is now the Tommy John of this particular surgery. Kurt thinks it is a miracle for him to be back in the ring 3 months after the first surgery and now 6 weeks after this recent chair shot. Kurt knows he must be smarter in the ring and taking chair shots isn't the smartest thing with his neck. The talk turns to WrestleMania 19 and how Phantom was amazed by Kurt's performance and respected how Kurt could compete like that even though he was obviously hurting. Kurt recalls that before the match started, he could barely raise his left arm. By the end, he couldn't raise it at all. Vince McMahon had wanted him to drop the title on Smackdown the month before due to the injury, but Kurt didn't feel right about that. He and Brock had worked their asses off and Brock deserved to win the belt at Mania. It was the first time that Brock missed the shooting star press and used to use it as his finish. Kurt says that Brock can go all the way across ring with the move and that Brock was confident he could do it, however, he lost his balance and was tired, so he didn't have enough "oomph" and landed right in front of Kurt. Kurt turned at the last second to get out of the way and thought to himself that Brock would be joining him in the hospital that night. Kurt was not even at 50% for the match and was just lucky to be there. Brock was knocked out after the failed attempt and Kurt covered him thinking that he would have to hold the title for 9 more months, but Brock kicked out and Kurt said, "do your thing". An F-5 later it was over. The talk turns to his training regiment and Kurt says that a product he takes made by MHP helps him with the swelling in his joints. Kurt has a lot of arthritis in his neck. These products keep him going. He has been using MHP for the last 4 years and has seen his body drastically change. He says that it all comes down to diet. Most people are on low carb diets, not realizing they are losing muscle. The body needs a certain amount of fat and certain amount of good carbs. This is where MHP's new product “Up Your Mass” comes in, as it is the perfect equation for lean muscle mass. You don't need to do cardio with it, even though Kurt does. Sir A says how can you disagree with Kurt's recommendation. Kurt says that he wishes he had these at the Olympics as he is now as lean as he was when he started in WWE but with 15 lbs more of muscle. Phantom responds that he will be putting more yams in his diet and asks if Kurt could slide some Up Your Mass to Big Show. Kurt laughs and says that he won't listen to him. He jokes and says Big Show eats the skin and breading to fried chicken skin and leaves the chicken. Next the conversation turns to Survivor Series. Kurt says he wasn't in there long, but under the circumstances he did what he could. However, he thinks it gave the opportunity for Cena and Benoit to shine and helped make them into stars. Kurt's goal is always to steal the show. He usually does it, but is humble about it. Some guys don't like following him on the card because they know the match he is going to give and that they are then going to have to step it up a few notches. Kurt can be used anywhere on the card and doesn't mind it. He may not always be in the main storyline, but that is OK and people never leave for refreshments during his matches. The hosts ask if there is a rivalry between Raw and Smackdown. Kurt says there is and that right now Raw is red hot, but Smackdown is always more consistent. Smackdown has better wrestling and Raw has better entertainment. With the guys on the Smackdown roster they're always going to have tremendous shows. Raw has HHH and Jericho but overall Smackdown is better technically. Basically, if you like wrestling matches watch Smackdown, if you like entertainment better than watch Raw. Kurt loves the competition and is always trying to have a better show. They are always comparing ratings and it is almost like the WWE's feud with WCW. It works well and Vince McMahon is responsible for sticking with the split. Paul Heyman is a genius. While he is not Vince McMahon, no one is. Paul adds a different dimension as both a writer and talent. He comes up with great stuff and performs tremendously. Kurt doesn't think Vince would ever let Paul go. Initially, Kurt was almost with ECW. He was not a wrestling fan back then and it took a long time for him to realize that he respected the business. He attributes this as amateur wrestlers always resenting the pros because of the lack of exposure in amateur wrestling. Now with amateur wrestlers coming in like Haas, Benjamin, Lesnar and Angle, Kurt believes within the next 15 years WWE will be made up of all amateur wrestlers. However, Kurt feels that the hardest transition is from amateur to pro because in amateur wrestling you go on instincts. If you do that in professional wrestling someone will get hurt. As an amateur, he never let anyone throw him around and in the WWE you must give a little. When asked about wrestling RVD, Kurt responded that RVD wrestles a hard style, which is not necessarily stiff. RVD can be a little careless because of the style he wrestles but overall his style is so intriguing that people love it and he needs to take the next step. Angle feels RVD deserves the title and is ready for it. He believes RVD can carry the company and that the fans are behind him 100%. Kurt feels that you can't push away the people who the fans want on top. RVD tends to be careless only because he takes chances and risks his own body at the same time. He is innovative and a different kind of wrestler. Kurt is not talking for Rob, but believes that RVD would have been the champ on Smackdown by now. If Kurt were holding the title he would have said that the fans were behind RVD and he deserves it. Although Van Dam is far from the best wrestler in the company, he is one of the most exciting. Kurt can have some influence over the title. He believes that Benoit and Guerrero also deserve it and something is wrong if they don't get it in the next year. Kurt thinks he may be too giving, but he believes that when a guy deserves a shot, and the fans want to see it, you have to do it. Kurt cites that he wasn't supposed to win at Summerslam until Brock Lesnar changed it since he knew Kurt needed it more than he did at the time. Ultimately, however, Vince makes the final decision. Vince has a good eye for when talent is ready and when they deserve it. Vince listens to everyone, but he makes the final decision. The talk turns to Kurt's PPV match with Shane McMahon. Shane is another guy who lights up people’s faces and Kurt fears wrestling him, not just for himself but also for Shane's well-being. Kurt feels the McMahons do what they do because their passion for the business is so much more than Austin, Angle, HHH, whoever. They believe they need to go out there and, if the wrestlers do it, then so do they. Next up, the wedding. Phantom asks if Linda DDT'd Michael Hayes. Kurt laughs and says it was a great performance. Michael sang a song and was awesome then he grabbed the mic again and someone took it away. He grabbed it again and couldn't even speak. Kurt says it was funny and you never know what happens with Michael and that he had a great time with him. The McMahons were on the dance floor all night. They tried to get HHH to dance but he just stood in the middle while people danced around him. He did slow dance. With regard to Stephanie McMahon and HHH getting together, Kurt had no idea at first and doesn't think anything happened until everything was finalized with Chyna. He says they have good chemistry together and were meant for each other. When they are together, they are very happy and he is happy for them. People think HHH is set for life now, however, because he is a great wrestler and has a great mind he would have a spot forever anyway. The angle with Stephanie and HHH really let Angle show his personality, something that he feels it missing from his character right now. He thinks the company feels funny about letting him go off on his own like he did when he was a heel. However, he made himself by doing it and thinks the entertainment aspect of his character is lacking. He has talked to the writers and he thinks he is going back to heel. His favorite angles were with HHH/Stephanie, Undertaker and the scooter, all of the Austin stuff. He would love a long program with John Cena and believes they would have better chemistry if Cena was the face and Angle was the heel. Kurt had a 1 ½ hour conversation with Bret Hart about a month ago. Kurt would like to wrestle him before he retires. He thinks Bret is the best wrestler ever and that they would have the best match in the history of the WWE. He feels that they have certain styles that would go well together. So he asks Bret one more time if he is listening to let them tear the house down together at Mania. Kurt believes it is possible for Bret to return to the ring, but not likely as bumps give him migraines. Bret feels it is not so much from the stroke he suffered as it is the superkick he received from Goldberg, which messed him up, and led to his neurological problems, which he has had since. Kurt says this can happen in wrestling and that he wouldn't blame Goldberg, but that it robbed fans of some exciting matches. Kurt would be hurt if he was not the first one Bret wrestled if he came back. Kurt has not slowed down since his surgery, which probably did hurt him a bit. He says taking chair shots was not smart and that there are other ways of getting heat. He doesn't need to use a chair and is making a decision so he won't hurt more down the road. He is a little worried about his neck but he forgets what hurts him when he's in the ring and feels like he's robbing the fans if he doesn't give his all. When he got hurt a few weeks ago he tried to protect himself by putting his hands up, but he still got hit. He doesn't want to criticize the company, but he wonders why they allow chair shots but not belly-to-belly suplexes. He thinks it should be the opposite. They discussed the triple threat match from a few years back involving Angle, Rock and HHH where Angle got knocked out. Angle remembers everything up until the move on the announcers’ table and then he was out until he was in the ambulance with the oxygen applied. Instead of hitting the table, he hit the concrete floor and was out. He was fine backstage and made the decision to go back out there. Nothing long term happened, but it was a bad concussion and took 12 weeks to over, during which period he did more promos than matches. Kurt explained that he did not have a lot of training for his debut and was essentially thrown out there and told to produce less than a year after he began training. In his first four years, his only injury was a concussion and an injured tailbone from wrestling Shane. For 90% of wrestlers this wouldn't have worked but it worked for him. He is a good listener and wrestling Undertaker, Austin, HHH and the Rock made him look a like veteran and he thanks them for the opportunity. Now he is one of the leaders of the company and he feels good in that position. He again thanks the fans for supporting him and the company through the rough economic times and cites the hard-core fans who stuck by the WWE. He feels it will become mainstream again and guys like Eddie Guerrero and John Cena will help take them there. Credit: 1wrestling

NWA Champion Dick Hutton Passes Away Dead at the age of 80... Former NWA Champion Richard "Dick" Hutton died yesterday at the age of 80. He held the NWA title during the 50s and was one of wrestling's top heavyweights of his era. Hutton was hand picked by Lou Thesz to be his replacement as NWA Champion in 1957. Credit: Wrestling Observer/411 Quite a bit before our time, but a quick thank you for paving the way. RIP Richard Hutton

I bet Lita never works in Hollywood again. Last show she was on she broke her neck and the show got canceled.

I always thought Raven carried Dreamer through his "best" work.

Jesus, they weren't that bad. I wasn't rolling around on the floor laughing, but they weren't as bad as you make them out to be. Well, you make everything out to be the "worst ever."

What made this show sound so bad, Power?